EP1778555B1 - Closure means - Google Patents

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EP1778555B1
EP1778555B1 EP05767881A EP05767881A EP1778555B1 EP 1778555 B1 EP1778555 B1 EP 1778555B1 EP 05767881 A EP05767881 A EP 05767881A EP 05767881 A EP05767881 A EP 05767881A EP 1778555 B1 EP1778555 B1 EP 1778555B1
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Alessandro Falzoni
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3428—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0435—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with separate sealing elements
    • B65D41/045—Discs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt

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  • the invention relates to closure means comprising abutment means associated with a neck of a container and cap means provided with an opening indicating device provided with safety ring means and with flap means arranged to interact with the abutment means.
  • JP 10167299 discloses a pilfer-proof cap in accordance with the preamble of appended claim 1, which is structured in a valve disk as a threaded lid and a ring body, wherein a locking claw facing a flange of a bottle neck is formed on the ring body.
  • a hanging part is connected to a lower end face of the threaded lid via a bridge, and the ring body is fitted to the hanging part from outside.
  • the hanging part and the ring body are equipped with engaging means so that they cannot be separated.
  • EP 0854095 discloses a closure device composed of a container and a cap of synthetic resin mounted to the neck of the container, according to the preamble of appended claim 10.
  • the cap of synthetic resin comprises a cap body composed of a top plate portion and a cylindrical portion depending from a peripheral edge of the top plate portion.
  • the cylindrical portion is compartmented by a severable weakened line into a main portion above the weakened line and a lower tamper-evidence ring portion, the main portion being formed at its inner wall surface with a thread, and the tamper-evidence ring portion being provided at its inner wall surface with fallable engaging projections.
  • the container is formed at an outer periphery of the upper end of the neck thereof with a male thread and below the male thread with an annular expanded portion.
  • at least bridge extending means comprising depressing portions, which engage with the engaging projections of the cap to depress the same when the cap of synthetic resin mounted to the container neck is turned in an opening direction, and extended step portions adapted to engage with the engaging projections depressed by the depressing portions to prevent upward movement of the engaging projections.
  • US 5779075 discloses a screw cap made of a plastics material, the cap comprising a closing portion and a tamper-proofing ring made in one piece with the closing portion.
  • the cap comprises a breakable zone of the outer portion enabling it to be opened on unscrewing the cap leads firstly to an empty space between the outer portion and the skirt, which empty space is delimited downstream, with respect to the unscrewing direction of the cap, by at least one non-breakable fastening which does not break on unscrewing the cap, and which is part of said link means, and secondly to a breakable zone, to a cut, or to a gap in the inner portion so that, on unscrewing the cap, the tamper-proofing ring remains associated with the closing portion.
  • Caps consisting of a cylindrical skirt comprising a first portion, cooperating with a bottom wall to define a base body of the cap and a second portion that constitutes an opening indicating device suitable for informing the user of the wholeness of a product packaged in the container.
  • the second portion comprises a ring that interacts with a projection obtained in the neck of the container.
  • the projection is annular-shaped and projects from a side wall of the neck.
  • the first portion and second portion are separated by a nominal opening line consisting of a plurality of cuts, or openings passing through the cylindrical skirt and spaced by bridge elements that extend between the first portion and the second portion, which are intended to be fractured during the first opening of the container.
  • a plurality of flaps project from an edge zone of the ring that - in use - face the inside and a top part of the cap.
  • the flaps interact with the projection to prevent the detachment of the ring from the neck of the container and to promote the breakage of the bridge elements.
  • a drawback of the caps disclosed above consists of the fact that the bridge elements may get deformed, before being fractured, in such a way as to enable the ring to rotate integrally with the base body of the cap.
  • Caps are furthermore known that are provided with seal elements arranged to enable a hermetic closure of the containers with which they are associated.
  • a first type of seal elements comprises a disc-shaped seal made of plastic material, for example an elastomer, fixed to an internal surface of the bottom wall of the cap.
  • the disc-shaped seal When the cap is tightened on the neck of a container, the disc-shaped seal is pressed against a mouth of the neck to prevent leaks of liquid.
  • a drawback of the seal elements of the type disclosed above consists of the fact that the contact between the disc-shaped seal and the mouth occurs at a zone - substantially shaped as an annulus - having rather a limited extent.
  • the disc-shaped seals disclosed above may not be able to ensure a satisfactory seal.
  • a second type of seal elements comprises a disc from which concentric first annular bead and second annular bead depart, the second annular bead having a diameter that is greater than the first annular bead and therefore being arranged outside the latter.
  • the first annular bead is configured in such a way as to be received at the inside of a neck of a container in such a way that an external wall of the first annular bead interacts in use with an internal surface of the neck.
  • the second annular bead is shaped in such a way as to partially surround the neck, such that an internal wall of the second annular bead interacts in use with an external surface of the neck.
  • the distance between the first annular bead and the second annular bead is substantially the same as or shorter then the thickness of the cylindrical wall that defines the neck.
  • An object of the invention is to improve the known closure means.
  • Another object of the invention is to obtain closure means that promotes a rapid and effective detachment of opening indicating means from a body of the cap means.
  • a further object is to obtain cap means provided with opening indicating means that do not rotate integrally with the body of the cap means when the latter is unscrewed from the neck of a container.
  • cap means is provided according to claim 1.
  • container means is provided according to claim 10.
  • the cap means comprises flap means provided with at least one first portion arranged to interact with a zone of the abutment elements and at least one second portion arranged to interact with a further zone of the abutment elements.
  • the first zone and the second zone define active surfaces of the abutment elements mutually inclined.
  • one of the active surfaces is arranged transversely to a direction along which the cap means is rotated to be separated from the container means.
  • the surface acts as a stop means for the opening indicating means, which cannot be rotated without fracturing bridge elements that connect the opening indicating means to a base body of the cap means.
  • the bridge elements break after the cap means have been rotated in relation to the neck by an extremely limited angle.
  • cap means that cannot be tampered without any tampering being clearly shown by the opening indicating means.
  • the cap 4 can be obtained by compression moulding of plastic material or by other known production processes.
  • the neck 1 is equipped with abutment means 5, projecting circumferentially from the side wall 24, arranged to interact with opening indicating means 7 with which the cap 4 is provided.
  • the opening indicating means 7 comprises a ring 8 connected to a base body 9 of the cap 4 by means of bridge elements intended to be fractured at the moment of the first opening of the container.
  • the base body 9 is defined by a side skirt 26 and by a bottom wall 27.
  • the flap means 10 interact with the abutment means 5 to promote the breakage of the bridge elements and the consequent detachment of the ring 8 from the base body 9.
  • the abutment means 5 comprises a plurality of distinct abutment elements 11, the abutment elements 11 being arranged along the external perimeter of the neck 1 in such a way that between two adjacent abutment elements 11 a gap 12 is defined.
  • the flap means 10 comprises a continuous flap 15 having an annular shape that is provided with first portions 13, having a preset circumferential extent L1 and a preset height H1 and second portions 14, having a further preset circumferential extent L2 and a further preset height H2 that is greater than the preset height H1.
  • the first portions 13 and the second portions 14 project from a peripheral edge 28 of the ring 8 farther from the bottom wall 27.
  • Each first portion 13 is interposed between two second portions 14, in such a way that the first portions 13 and the second portions 14 alternate.
  • the preset extent L1 and the further preset extent L2 are selected in such a way that when the cap 4 is associated with the neck 1 the second portions 14 are received in the gaps 12 defined between the abutment elements 11 and therefore each abutment element 11 is received between two consecutive second portions 14 so as to overlap a first portion 13 interposed between them.
  • the abutment elements 11 comprise a first face 16 arranged to interact with a corresponding first active surface 17 of the first portion 13 and a second face 18 arranged to interact with a corresponding second active surface 19 of the second portion 14.
  • the first face 16 is substantially parallel to the peripheral edge 28 and is arranged substantially perpendicular to the second face 18.
  • the first active surface 17 is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the opening 25 and is arranged substantially perpendicular to the second active surface 19. At the moment of the first opening of the container, the cap 4 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow F in Figure 6 .
  • the mutual interaction of the first thread 2 and of the second thread 3 causes a shift of the cap 4 parallel to a longitudinal axis X of the neck 1, the cap 4 moving away from the container as shown by the arrow F1.
  • the base body 9 is induced to move away from the container whereas the ring 8 is kept in contact with the neck 1 by the abutment means 5.
  • the first active surface 17 is driven to interact with the first face 16 generating a tensile stress that promotes the breakage of the bridge elements, similarly to what occurs in caps made according to the state of the art.
  • the second active surface 19 is driven to interact with the second face 18 so as to prevent rotation of the ring 8 integrally with the base body 9.
  • the interaction between the second active surface 19 and the second face 18 subjects the bridge elements to shearing stress that causes them to break early.
  • FIG. 8 there is shown a version of the opening indicating means 7 comprising a continuous flap 15 in which a plurality of holes 21 is made that enables the escape of liquid that during the bottling operations was retained in a zone of the opening indicating means 7 near the peripheral edge 28 and delimited by the flap 15, by a bottom zone of the ring 8 and by a portion of material with which the cap 4 is made and which defines a hinge that interconnects the flap 15 to the ring 8.
  • the flap means 10 comprises a plurality of flaps 20 that are separate from one another rather than a continuous flap 15.
  • Each flap 20 comprises a first portion 13 and a second portion 14, configured according to what has been disclosed with reference to Figure 2 .
  • FIG 9 there is shown an embodiment of the neck 1 comprising further abutment elements 11a provided with a first face 16 that is substantially parallel to a plane identified by the opening 25, similar to what has been disclosed with reference to Figures 1 to 8 .
  • the further abutment elements 11a furthermore comprises a further second face 18a that forms an obtuse dihedral angle ⁇ with the first face 16.
  • cap 4 comprising a further continuous flap 15a that is provided with first portions 13 each of which is provided with a first surface 17 substantially parallel to the peripheral edge 28.
  • the further flap 15a furthermore comprises second portions 14 each one of which is provided with a further second active surface 19a that forms with the first active surface 17 adjacent to it a further obtuse dihedral angle ⁇ having an amplitude that is substantially the same as that of the dihedral angle ⁇ .
  • the cap 4 may be provided with holes obtained in the further flap 15a, similarly to what has been disclosed with reference to Figure 8 .
  • the cap 4 may comprise a plurality of flaps, as disclosed with reference to Figure 3 , rather than a further flap 15a.
  • each second portion 14 is received in a gap 12 defined between two further consecutive abutment elements 11a in such a way that each first active surface 17 faces a corresponding first face 16 and each further second active surface 19a faces a corresponding further second face 18a.
  • FIG 12 there is shown a further embodiment of the neck 1 comprising still further abutment elements 11b provided with a first face 16 that is substantially parallel to a plane identified by the opening 25, similar to what was disclosed with reference to Figures 1 to 8 .
  • the still further abutment elements 11b furthermore comprises a still further second face 18b that forms with the first face 16 an acute dihedral angle ⁇ 1, in such a way as to define pointed zones 22 of the still further abutment elements 11b.
  • cap 4 comprising a still further continuous flap 15b that is provided with first portions 13, each of which is equipped with a first surface 17 that is substantially parallel to the peripheral edge 28.
  • the still further flap 15b furthermore comprises second portions 14 each one of which is provided with a still further second active surface 19b that forms with the first active surface 17 adjacent to it a further acute dihedral angle ⁇ 1 having an amplitude that is substantially the same as that of the dihedral angle ⁇ 1.
  • the first active surface 17 and the still further second active surface 19b define, at a mutual intersecting zone, a throat 23.
  • the cap 4 can be equipped with holes obtained in the still further flap 15b, similarly to what has been disclosed with reference to Figure 8 .
  • the cap 4 may comprise, a plurality of flaps, as disclosed with reference to Figure 3 instead of a still further continuous flap 15b.
  • each second portion 14 is received in a gap 12 defined between two still further consecutive abutment elements 11b, in such a way that each first active surface 17 faces a corresponding first face 16 and each still further second active surface 19b faces a corresponding still further second face 18b.
  • the ring 8 cannot rotate integrally with the base body 9, which ensures early breakage of the bridge elements.
  • the bridge elements are subjected to tensile stress, generated by the interaction of the first active surface 17 with the first face 16, and to a shearing stress generated by the interaction of the further second active surface 19a with the further second face 18a, or, respectively, of the still further second active surface 19b with the still further face 18b.
  • seal means 30 is shown arranged to cooperate with a cap 4, for example of the disclosed type, to prevent a product to come out from a container to which the cap 4 is applied.
  • the seal means 30 comprises a central zone 31 - that is disc-shaped - from which a projection 32 projects that is suitable for interacting with a mouth 33 of a neck 1 of the container.
  • the seal means 30 can be made of plastic matter.
  • the seal means 30 furthermore comprises a substantially flat annular portion 34 that extends from the projection 32 externally of the central zone 31.
  • the annular portion 34 has a section shaped as an annulus that is provided with a first face 35 arranged to come into contact with the cap 4 and a second face 37 arranged to come into contact with the mouth 33 of the neck 1.
  • the cap 4 is furthermore provided, at the boundary zone between the bottom wall 27 and the cylindrical skirt 26, with a shaped edge 43 arranged to interact with the annular portion 34, as will be disclosed in greater detail below.
  • the projection 32 is received in a shapingly coupled manner inside the mouth 33.
  • the annular portion 34 being tightened between the shaped edge 43 and the mouth 33, is subjected to a certain deformation.
  • a part 39 of the annular portion 34 nearer the projection 32 interacts with an end zone 40 of the mouth 33 that faces the bottom wall 27, whereas a further part 41 of the annular portion 34 farther from the projection 32 interacts with a further end zone 42 of the mouth 33 that faces the side skirt 26.
  • the mouth 33 is thus internally engaged by the projection 32 and is externally partially enveloped by the annular portion 34.
  • the annular portion 34 owing to its deformability, fits itself according to the particular geometry of the neck 1, thus enabling an improved seal to be obtained compared with the seals of the state of the art.
  • the seal means 30 is distinct from the cap 4 and cooperates with the latter when the cap is screwed onto the neck 1.
  • the container can be sealed according to different operating modes.
  • the seal means 30 is positioned on the neck 1 in such a way that the projection 32 is received inside the mouth 31. Subsequently, the cap 4 is positioned on the neck 1 and is screwed onto the latter so as to enclose the seal means 30 within itself.
  • the seal means 30 can be inserted into the cap 4 and can be maintained in the inside of the latter by interference of the annular portion 34 with the thread of the cap.
  • the cap 4 is subsequently screwed onto the neck 1 in such a way that the projection 32 and the annular portion 34 surround the mouth 31.

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